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Jeff Mordock

jmordock@washingtontimes.com

Jeff Mordock is the White House reporter for The Washington Times. A native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, he previously worked for Gannett and has won awards from both the Delaware Press Association and the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association. He is a graduate of George Washington University and can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.

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Biden anti-crime strategy to focus on guns, community support

Responding to the surge in homicides across the country, President Biden on Thursday will outline an anti-crime strategy in New York that cracks down on the flow of illegal guns, boosts funding for police and increases support for programs that assist recently released convicts.

February 3, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a "Cancer Moonshot," event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden says troop deployment ‘consistent’ with what he told Putin

President Biden said Wednesday that his decision to deploy 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe is "totally consistent" with what he's told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their discussions about Ukraine.

February 2, 2022

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP) **FILE**

White House accuses Sen. Hawley of parroting Russian talking points on Ukraine

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday blasted Sen. Josh Hawley, saying his push to get the Biden administration to drop its support for Ukraine's potential membership in NATO simply parrots "Russian propagandist leaders."

February 2, 2022

New York Police officers begin to arrive along Fifth Avenue outside St. Patrick's Cathedral for Officer Wilbert Mora's funeral, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in New York. For the second time in under a week, police converged on New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral to pay tribute to a young officer gunned down while answering a call for help in Harlem. Mora was shot along with Officer Jason Rivera on Jan. 22 while responding to a call about a domestic argument in an apartment. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYPD officer shot in attempted carjacking ahead of Biden visit to discuss crime

An off-duty rookie NYPD officer was shot and wounded Tuesday night during an attempted carjacking as he drove to work in Queens, the city's police chief announced.

February 2, 2022

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during her weekly press conference, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 at the Capitol in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Pelosi eyes cap on State of the Union crowd to 25 House members

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering limiting attendance at President Biden's first State of the Union address to 25 House members because of COVID-19, according to a report Wednesday.

February 2, 2022

Dominique Rivera, left, wife of, NYPD Officer Jason Rivera watches as his casket is loaded into a hearse outside St. Patrick's Cathedral after his funeral service, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in New York. Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were fatally wounded when a gunman ambushed them in an apartment as they responded to a family dispute last week. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Biden heads to NYC to blunt criticism that he is soft on crime

President Biden, scrambling to project strength in the face of a national crime wave, will travel to New York on Thursday to discuss the surging gun violence that includes the recent murders of two NYPD officers in Harlem.

February 1, 2022

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member, to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden convenes with top Judiciary senators to discuss Supreme Court pick

President Biden said Tuesday he was taking seriously the "advice" part of the Constitution by meeting with the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy.

February 1, 2022

Dominique Rivera, left, eulogizes her husband New York City Police Officer Jason Rivera during his funeral service, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

Police group blasts Psaki for downplaying crime spike amid officer shootings

The nation's largest police union late Monday slammed White House press secretary Jen Psaki for comments it said appeared to shrug off concerns about crime amid a spate of deadly attacks on police officers.

February 1, 2022

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden, Qatar leader met amid European energy crisis

President Biden met Monday with Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, at the White House as fears intensify that Russian aggression toward Ukraine could spark an energy crisis.

January 31, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden to meet two top Judiciary Committee senators on Supreme Court pick

President Biden will meet Tuesday with the top two lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

January 31, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the National Governors Association in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House clears news reporters from Biden’s conference with governors

The White House on Monday ordered the press out of President Biden's meeting with the nation's governors just before he was about to field questions from the state leaders, underscoring the administration's turbulent relationship with reporters.

January 31, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the National Governors Association in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden tells governors to use COVID aid to boost workforces, keep schools open

President Biden called on U.S. governors Monday to use their state COVID-19 aid funds to boost worker training, keep schools open and hire more police officers.

January 31, 2022

Former Boston Bruins' Willie O'Ree tips his hat as he is honored prior to the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. O'Ree says the ongoing pandemic hasn't diminished what he says will be a "simply amazing" honor watching his No. 22 jersey retired by the Bruins. O'Ree, who became the first Black NHL player on Jan. 18, 1958, was slated to attend when he became the 12th player in team history to have his number retired prior to Boston's game against Carolina on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. But persisting concerns about the pandemic changed those plans. He will now participate from his home in San Diego. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Biden to award Congressional Gold Medal to hockey legend Willie O’Ree

President Biden on Monday signed a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, the first Black player in the NHL.

January 31, 2022

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange', on June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. Russia's present demands are based on Putin's purported long sense of grievance and his rejection of Ukraine and Belarus as truly separate, sovereign countries but rather as part of a Russian linguistic and Orthodox motherland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden to move U.S. troops to Eastern Europe

President Biden on Friday said he will deploy U.S. troops to Eastern Europe and NATO countries "in the near term," as tensions escalate with Russia over Ukraine.

January 28, 2022

Dominique Rivera, left, widow of, NYPD Officer Jason Rivera waits to be presented with a flag after Rivera's funeral outside St. Patrick's Cathedral, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in New York. Rivera and his partner, Officer Wilbert Mora, were fatally wounded when a gunman ambushed them in an apartment as they responded to a family dispute last week. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Widow of slain NYPD detective slams Manhattan D.A. in tearful eulogy

The grieving widow of slain NYPD Det. Jason Rivera on Friday ripped into Manhattan's newly elected District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a tearful eulogy at her husband's funeral.

January 28, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks at Carnegie Mellon University at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)

Biden boasts of infrastructure program in Pittsburgh just hours after bridge collapse

President Biden on Friday touted his administration's spending on infrastructure projects in Pittsburgh just hours after 10 people were injured in a bridge collapse in the city.

January 28, 2022

In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, Russian troops fire howitzers during drills in the Rostov region during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

U.S., Russia set to clash on Ukraine at U.N. Security Council meeting

U.S. officials will press Russia on its massive military buildup near Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council meeting next week, a Biden administration official said Friday.

January 28, 2022

President Joe Biden steps off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Biden is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Biden’s absenteeism from the White House surpasses Trump, Obama

President Biden spent more than a third of his first year in the White House on personal trips away from Washington, outpacing his predecessors by weeks.

January 28, 2022

In this file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a meeting of the EU College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The Biden administration and the EU are working in concert to prepare for a potential natural gas shortage if Russia invades Ukraine. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Biden, EU vow to intensify efforts to avert energy shortage if Russia invades Ukraine

The Biden administration and the European Union said Friday they are working together to prepare for a potential natural gas shortage if Russia invades Ukraine.

January 28, 2022

In this March 14, 2019, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Musk slams Biden for fawning over Big Three automakers, says president treats Americans like fools

Tesla CEO Elon Musk ripped into President Biden, saying he is "treating the American public like fools" after the president met with the heads of rivals General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co.

January 28, 2022